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Despite being aware of Jon Ronson and his work, So You've Been Publicly Shamed, is the first of his books I've read. I really enjoyed his personal kind of journalism - it especially works when dealing with shaming because it humanizes the victims. I really felt like I was along for the ride as he pursued different angles of thinking. I've always found it kind of dark when I'd see people online calling for someone's job. A person tweets something stupid and suddenly their livelihood is being screamed for. In this book you hear about the repercussions of this kind of online 'justice'. It's a troubling, but interesting read, and it really holds up a mirror to ask us, the 'public', how we are abusing our power. Does anyone have any recommendations of writers along the lines of Ronson? Louis Theroux doesn't have any books does he...
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